JUL
2
2018

´I’d be demanding a refund´: advertisers push Facebook over fake accounts

A spokeswoman for Facebook said the fake profiles did not make up a significant portion of views on advertisements, pointing to a Facebook Business page that said the majority of fake accounts were disabled "within minutes of registration".

JUL
2
2018

Missouri appeals court tosses $55 million J&J talc-powder verdict

J&J denied the allegations, saying decades of testing have shown its cosmetic talc-based products to be safe.

JUN
29
2018

Industry backlash to Trump tariffs grows with legal challenge

The president last year invoked a provision known as “Section 232” of the law to launch an investigation into whether steel and aluminium imports posed a threat to US national security.

JUN
29
2018

Australia wins landmark WTO ruling on plain tobacco packaging

Australia’s law, introduced in 2010, bans logos and distinctively-colored cigarette packaging in favor of drab olive packets that look more like military or prison issue.

JUN
29
2018

U.S. charges hundreds in healthcare fraud, opioid crackdown

The arrests came in dozens of unrelated prosecutions the Justice Department announced together as part of an annual healthcare fraud takedown.

JUN
29
2018

This is how a tough new California law will protect Internet privacy

California passed the nation´s toughest online privacy law Thursday that, when it takes effect in January 2020.

JUN
29
2018

Sterlite, China´s State Grid Win Brazil Power Licenses

Sterlite, which debuted in Brazil last year, clinched six projects that will require around 3.6 billion reais to build, according to Aneel.

JUN
29
2018

EU cuts migration deal after marathon talks, differences remain

They also agreed to share responsibility for migrants rescued at sea, a key demand of Italy’s new prime minister, Giuseppe Conte.

JUN
29
2018

Federal judge orders reunification of separated immigrant families

The court found “the extraordinary measure of a class-wide injunction warranted” since “the facts set forth before the court portray reactive governance — responses to address a chaotic circumstance of the government’s own making.

JUN
28
2018

Last straw for McDonald´s, Burger King in Mumbai plastic ban

The rules prohibit the use of disposable plastic items such as bags, cutlery, cups and bottles under a certain size.

JUN
28
2018

Edinburgh pushes for legal powers to impose tourist tax

Council calls for levy on hotel rooms as city struggles to cope with surge in visitors.

JUN
28
2018

European readers still blocked from some US news sites

Los Angeles Times and the New York Daily News, remain unavailable to readers in the EU, a month after new data protection rules were implemented.

JUN
28
2018

Apple, Samsung settle U.S. patent dispute

How much, if anything, Samsung must now pay Apple under Wednesday’s settlement could not immediately be learned.

JUN
28
2018

U.S. gives Disney approval to buy Fox amid bidding war with Comcast

The deal does not include the nationally broadcast Fox News, Fox Business or Fox Sports networks.

JUN
28
2018

Australia passes foreign interference laws

Australia´s parliament has passed a package of new laws aimed at preventing foreign interference in the country.

JUN
28
2018

Senate to debate repealing euthanasia ban in Australian territories

David Leyonhjelm will introduce bill in August, backed by Labor, Greens and four crossbenchers.

JUN
28
2018

France´s Macron brings back national service

The French government has introduced a plan to bring back national service for all 16-year-olds.

JUN
28
2018

Ban on heterosexual civil partnerships in UK ruled discriminatory

This gave these couples the option to register as civil partners so their relationship would be on record.

JUN
27
2018

Revenge porn victims must be given anonymity, Labour says

Opposition to urge government to add safeguard to its bill to combat upskirting

JUN
27
2018

Uber granted new, shorter, licence to operate in London

Judge Emma Arbuthnot at Westminster Magistrates Court ruled that Uber could operate in London on a 15-month licence, subject to strict conditions.

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